3 What is colour?

2 Rainbows of colour

Some of nature’s most colourful features are rainbows. They appear in the sky when sunlight shines through raindrops. The light bends and refl ects colours that make a rainbow.

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Today the rainbow is a symbol of hope and unity for many people.

Before people learnt how rainbows are formed, they told stories to explain where they came from. For example, some people believed rainbows were bridges to the sky.

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